Belt-shipper.



NOQ 774,858. PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904. E. KOTTUSGH.

BELT SHIPPER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1904.

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No. 774,358. PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904.

E. KOTTUSGH.

BELT SHIPPER.

APPLIOATION FILED-MAY 24, 1904.

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* UNITED STATES Patented November 8, 1904.

PATENT OEETcE.

BELT-SHIPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,358, dated November 8, 1904.

Application filed May 24, 1904. Serial No. 209,548. (No model.)

To call whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMANUEL Ko'rTUsoH, manufacturer, a citizen of the Republic of Switzerland, and a resident of Wetzikori, near Zurich, Switzerland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt-Shippers, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an arrangement for shipping belts of the kind in which, close by the belt-pulley, there is placed a segment with an oblique flange and revoluble round the shaft. hen the segment is revolved, the flange pushes the belt onto the pulley. In order to shift the beltfrom the pulley onto the segment, a movable bent rod attached to the segment is employed.

The distinguishing feature of the present invention is the fact that the segment for slipping on the belt has no fixed oblique flange. On the contrary, the flange is movably attached to the segment in such manner that it can turn at the center of its length and be fixed at the ends, with the result that when the flange has been adjusted the same contrivance can be used for belts running up either to right or to left, and, further, within certain limits it can be applied to various widths of pulleys. As a consequence of the adjustability of the flange of the belt-shipper (if the arrangement for unshipping the belt be attached to the shipper) the arm carrying the unshipping-rod must be fastened to the segment in such a way that it can be moved in correspondence with or in relation to the movements of the flange.

On the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of one form of the belt-shipper with the segment shown in its mid-position while shipping a belt. Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end view of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side view showing the contrivance at rest. Fig. 5 is an end view of Fig. 4.

The segment 0 (Z 6 f is secured on the shaft (6 alongside the belt-pulley b. It can be turned round by means of an arm it, and it is prevented from sliding along the shaft by an adjusting-ring o". The metal rim f of the segment is riveted upon the short arms 6, which latter are attached to the arms 0 (Z by screws c w. According to this invention the rimfdoes not carry a fixed oblique flange; butin lleu thereof there IS a flange ll, provided I with screw-studs 2' j j, while the rim has an elongated hole at at its center and also curved slots n at each end. The mid-stud t' is passed through the hole at and the end pins] through the slots n, and then when the flange it has been thus fixed to turn about 2' it is inclined obliquely to right or to left and fixed in that position by tightening up the nuts on the studs 2' and j in such fashion thatit corresponds to the upward direction of the belt from the right, as drawn in Fig. 3, or from the left. As the mid-hole m is not quite circular, but somewhat elongated, thus permitting of sidewise motion of the mid-stud, it is also possible when fixing the flange h to within certain limits take into account the width of the belt. Thus, for example, if the belt is narrower than that shown in the drawings the flange/t can at one end (the left end in Fig. 2) be moved nearer to the pulley and the same can be done with the mid-pin as far as the length of the hole m will allow, and the other or right end of the flange will still be sufiiciently near the pulley to effect the certain and complete shipping of the belt when the arm is and consequently the segment are turned about the shaft a.

The arrangement for unshipping the belt consists of an arm 2,, on which is fixed an angled lever p, actuated by the spring Z. This lever if pulled downward moves the bent rod 0, with its roller 9, and pushes the belt off the pulley a onto the segment in the usual manner.

To enable the rod 0 to be shifted over to the opposite side of the segment when the flange it is reversed, the arm t is pivoted on the bolt 8, and when shifted the arm can be secured in position by means of the bolt Q) or w to one or other of the arms of the segment, as may be desired. For example, if the shipper, which is shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings as arranged for a belt running up from the right, has to be arranged for a belt coming up from the left, the nuts on the studs 2' and j on the flange it are loosened, the flange is given the opposite inclination by turning it about 2 and moving the two studs 7' in the slots )2, the bolt 7) is unfastened, the arm 25 is turned about the bolt .5 and fastened to the bolt 20 instead of to the bolt 1', and thereafter both bolts are again screwed up tight.

Having now fully described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a belt-shipper, the combination of a revoluble segment, a flange adjustable as to its inclination on the segment and means for securing the flange in its adjusted position.

2. In a belt-shipper, the combination of a revoluble segment, a flange pivoted to the segment near the center thereof and means for securing the ends of the flange to the segment, substantially as described.

3. In a belt-shipper, the combination of a revoluble segment, a rim on the segment, having a hole in the center thereof, and slots at the ends of the rim, an adjustable flange and means for securing the said flange to the hole and slots in the rim, substantially as described.

4. In a belt-shipper, the combination of a shaft, a segment revolubly secured to the shaft, a rim on the segment, a flange, and a pin at the center of the flange, a stud at each end of the flange, said rim having an elongated hole in its center and slots at each end, substantially as described.

5. In a belt-shipper, the combination of a shaft, a segment revolubly secured to the shaft, a rim on the segment, an adjustable flange on the segment, a rod for unshipping the belt, a pivoted arm carrying the said rod and means whereby the said arm can be fixed to one side or other of the segment, substantially as described.

6. In a belt-shipper, the combination of a segment having two arms one at each side, a rim, a flange adjustably secured to the rim, an unshipping-rod, a pivot-ed arm carrying the unshippingrod and means for fastening the pivoted arm to one arm or other of the segment, substantially as described.

7. The combination with a segmental beltshipper of an upright flange movably secured thereto so that it can be moved and fixed in different directions of obliquity to suit belts running up in different directions from either right or left, substantially as described.

Signed at Zurich, Switzerland, this 15th day of April, 1904.

EMANUEL KOTTUSGH.

Witnesses:

A. LIEBERKNECHT, F. DossnNBAoH. 

